To continue with our 100 for 100 celebration of 100 years since the foundation of Inner Wheel, we have donated 100 spring bulbs to Portland College . A group of us gathered on a drizzly day and managed to dodge the raindrops for long enough to do the presentation. The Convention Committee have produced branded clothing for this year’s convention and Yvonne’s scarf arrived just in time promote this event too.

It was a pleasure to meet staff and students from the Horticulture Department who accepted the bulbs and promised to plant them carefully and let us know when the flowers pop their heads up in the spring.

And we popped into the new coffee shop before we left and enjoyed some delicious coffee and cakes.

We jigged and do-si-doed our way around the The Turner Hall in Mansfield Woodhouse and made over a thousand pounds for Charity. Dain Pinder organised the event and it was decided that the funds be divided between the chosen charity of Margaret Ceney this year’s president and Kathy Winson last year’s president.

Dain with the Ceilidh band and Caller.

President Margaret Ceney and her husband Frank enjoying the music.

Laura Buck brought all the family and the young ones really enjoyed joining in.

Henry Thomas and Dave Brown did a great job of manning the bar.

Dain with her family in the kitchen James, her sister Sally and her daughter Sally served the supper.

The lovely seasonal table decorations were made by Dain’s daughter, Sally and were offered for sale at the end of the evening

And of course no Inner Wheel Event would be complete without the RAFFLE.

New members and ‘Old,’ families and friends, Inner Wheel members from other clubs, District Officers -thanks to all who supported this fundraiser organised by Dain. I’m sure she has a long list of those who helped and supported her. You may not be mentioned here, but you know who you are – thank you for making it such fun evening.

Dain presents a cheque for £500 to the representative of NIDAS which is the charity which President Margaret Ceney has chosen to support.

Immediate Past President Kathy Winson accepts a cheque for £500 on behalf of Pancreatic Cancer which was her nominated charity last year

I hope you all have your tickets for our exciting pre- Christmas event. A little bird told me that Yvonne has volunteered to model. It’s going to be a great get together.

Elaine Campin chaired our October meeting. As our area representative on the District International Committee, it was Elaine who organised the evening inviting the speaker and Lynda Wallace the District International Chairman as our guests.

Marion Tasker gave us a lovely presentation showing what happened to all those items that we prepare on our Working Day. Baby Bundles, Joy Bags and Toy Bags. It was great to hear her first hand account of the people she met whilst accompanying the convoy and to see photos of the delighted recipients.

Elaine also had the pleasurable duty of inducting our new member, Claire Parsons. Claire knows us quite well as her mum Veronica has been a very active member for years. After accepting her membership badge and telling us a little about herself, she was promptly put to work selling tickets!!

In January 2024 we will celebrate 100 years since the foundation of the first Inner Wheel Club in GB&I. As part of the celebrations The Inner Wheel Club of Mansfield are going to do lots of activities incorporating ‘100 for 100’

Keeping Fit – at our recent Summer Lunch members began the challenge of 100 skips for 100 days.

Some years ago Inner Wheel International introduced the project of baby bundles joy bags toy bags and roy bags. These bags are filled with “Goodies” for mums, children and dads when a new baby is born and a baby bundle is presented in order to encourage the mum to attend antenatal classes and get the baby immunised. At Mansfield Inner Wheel we work with the National Police Aid Charity which takes our goods to wherever needed in these times of war and natural disasters. We know our items will be safely delivered and enjoyed by many destitute families.

Yvonne Neville had a busy time chairing our September meeting. First of all she was delighted to induct Marie Hollingworth as a new member of Inner Wheel and then Mary Hind, this year’s District Chairperson was introduced to the Club.

Marie has become a familiar face at meetings in the last few months and we’re all very pleased with her decision to join as a full member.

DC Mary told us about herself and life before Inner Wheel and also her hopes for the continuing future of Inner Wheel as an organisation relevant in the 21st Century.

This year Sue Stoakes opened her garden to help us to raise Club funds for our chosen charities. It was a gorgeous venue to enjoy a delicious lunch and catch up with friends.

Rosemary and David Wilson put together lots of lawn games and competitions that were a great success thanks to the beautiful weather. Lorna had a go at ‘Splatting the Rat’ and we even had a visitor all the way from Skaskatchewan in Canada – Barbara Dixon’s cousin -to join in the fun.

In January 2024 we will celebrate 100 years since the foundation of the first Inner Wheel Club in GB and I. As part of the celebrations we are asked as a club to do ‘100 for 100’, Dain has many ideas!
At our recent Summer Lunch, which was a great success, 10 members attempted to complete 10 skips each amidst much laughter making our first ‘100.’

And here’s our lovely Madam President Margaret working quietly in the background. We all wish her a happy year filled with friendship and fun.

 Lynda Wallace, District 22 International Chairman, organised a Summer Garden Lunch at Elaine Campin’s home on July 9th.  Henry Thomas cooked all the ham, turkey, salmon and new potatoes for the lunch, whilst Margaret Thomas, Elaine and several other Mansfield IW members made the quiches, salads and served the lunch to everyone.

Inner Wheel was well supported by Members of Rotary and family members which all made it a really special day.

The Induction Day was held at Eastwood Hall on Monday July 24th.  10 Mansfield IW members attended the event, which was an enjoyable occasion with the friendship of Inner Wheel members.  Lunch was served at 12 noon and the formal meeting commenced at 2.00pm.

Olivia Harding attended Samworth Church Academy School and was chosen to apply for a scholarship and bursary to attend Gordonstoun School in Scotland for 2 years in the Sixth Form.  Both Philip, the late Duke of Edinburgh, and King Charles 111 went to Gordonstoun School.  Olivia was very happy at Gordonstoun and really enjoyed having her own room, playing sport and making friends with other students.  She will be going to Leeds’ University in September. She spoke incredibly well and we were very impressed with her talk.

Members may be interested to know that Nick Linney, one of our previous speakers, was a pupil at Gordonstoun in his youth.